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诊所

zhěnsuǒ

clinic; surgery

A doctor in a white coat examines a patient at a small clinic
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Characters in this word

诊 zhěn

Strokes
7
Radical
讠 — words, speech
Made of
讠 words, speech 㐱 bushy, black hair
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 诊

所 suǒ

Strokes
8
Radical
户 — door
Made of
户 door 斤 axe
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 社区诊所若能承担基础筛查,三甲医院的接诊压力就会明显减轻。 Shèqū zhěnsuǒ ruò néng chéngdān jīchǔ shāichá, sānjiǎ yīyuàn de jiēzhěn yālì jiù huì míngxiǎn jiǎnqīng. If community clinics can handle basic screening, the pressure on top-tier hospitals to receive patients will clearly ease.
  • 你感冒得挺严重的,先去附近的诊所看看吧。 Nǐ gǎnmào de tǐng yánzhòng de, xiān qù fùjìn de zhěnsuǒ kànkan ba. Your cold is quite bad; go to a nearby clinic to get it checked first.
  • 他下午去诊所打了一针疫苗。 Tā xiàwǔ qù zhěnsuǒ dǎle yīzhēn yìmiáo. He went to the clinic in the afternoon and got a vaccine shot.

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